Teachers can also create individualized schedules for children who receive additional (or alternative) services and supports.

But remember-schedules have value only when they are used!

At CVS, one of the companies that scored 100% rating on the Index, potential hires who have disabilities can participate in training and skills courses to learn what it would be like to work in a CVS store before they even apply.“It’s important to recognize that people with disabilities are part of our customer base,” says David Casey, vice president of workforce strategies and chief diversity officer at CVS Health. The Index highlights additional improvements that can be made, such as informing job applicants that they can request special accommodations during the interview.

Businesses select a representative to answer a series of questions and provide proof, such as company websites, to back up their answers.With the help of the Index, more companies are integrating online chat features for deaf and hard-of-hearing employees, guide dogs for blind workers, internal company affinity groups, external recruitment efforts, hiring goals and retention and advancement policies for people with disabilities into the work place.It could be something as simple as a run away script or learning how to better use E-utilities, for more efficient work such that your work does not impact the ability of other researchers to also use our site.To restore access and understand how to better interact with our site to avoid this in the future, please have your system administrator contact [email protected]“There are still a lot of attitudinal barriers, stigmas around people with disabilities.

The only way to eliminate them is to hire more people with disabilities.”The Index, which is voluntary, is a tool that helps companies recognize where improvements still need to be made, Berger says.The results of this year’s Index will be announced at the 2017 USBLN National Conference in Orlando on Aug.23, an event that draws more than 1,200 business leaders annually from around the country that are working to develop strategies to further include people with disabilities into the workforce.“They companies aren’t participating in the Index to be nice,” Houghton says.“I want every employee to have that shot.” Microsoft is not the only business actively working to incorporate people with disabilities in both its customer base and workforce.The 2017 Disability Equality Index (DEI), a survey conducted by the U. Business Leadership Network (USBLN) and the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD), reports that U. businesses are becoming increasingly accessible for people with disabilities.“They’re doing this because they can’t afford not to.